Jeff,

Our daily scrum script is:

Scrum Master: Scot, what did you accomplish yesterday?
Scot: I finished tasks X and Y, but had a problem with Z. I think I
need Jon's help.
<< presuming Jon's availability is NOT a problem >>
Scrum Master: Scot, what are you planning to do today?
Scot: Get with Jon and complete Z, and start on AA.

[[ cycle through to the next person on the team ]]

It should be that simple. If you're falling into the trap of having
engineering discussions during the daily Scrum, then you may have a
more fundamental problem of your engineers not talking during the time
they're supposed be engaged in engineering activities. During one of
my early Scrum engagements, we experienced the same behavior, and it
was rectified by noting this behavior, before the next daily Scrum,
and re-iterating the simple purpose of the daily scrum. Fortunately,
this is all the coaching the team needed, and the engineering
discussions were saved for "work time".

One of the hoped for artifacts of Scrum is the self organizing team,
meaning the development team members (not all are necessarily
engineers) find their capacity for effective participation and
engagement in the team. As I indicated previously, doing "work"
during the daily scrum is probably a sign that one or more of the team
members aren't engaged.

Hope this helps -- Scot

--- In scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Martin" <jmartin@...>
wrote:
>
> I have searched and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I'm sure
> I'm just not using the right terms. Does anyone have a script of an
> example daily scrum? We are having several issues with our scrum and
> some team members are wanting to do away with it or change it to a twice
> a week thing. I'm wanting to fix the problems and I think sharing an
> example of a proper scrum with them would help. I've made up examples
> for different things, but I think it would have more impact reading
> through from start to finish.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jeff Martin
> Senior Developer
> Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
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